Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and beverage culture. Hear from local chefs, sommelier's, distillers, farmers, brewers and the whole lot of them in the NC F&B podcast.

"Our intention is to create a behind-the-scenes conversation between industry professionals. Whether we are speaking with an advanced level sommelier about their wine program or a chef about breaking down an entire pig, we just want the conversation to be real, unedited and honest. The food and beverage world is a unique industry, and North Carolina's food scene is growing everyday.

Take a listen. We hope to entertain, teach and inspire while offering some specific information about the NC food scene."

Charlie is quite a big Deal! Learn how one man, who could at
times be perceived as curmudgeonly, is in fact a gregarious
restaurateur. Charlie
Deal is a chef, sommelier and innovator all wrapped up into
one.

We covered everything in this episode. We learned why Charlie
left the Golden State behind to move to North Carolina. Hear how he
changes food to match the wine. Why there is too much sugar in most
Asian food. We learned the art of the short list and how to
cleverly buy close out wine deals. Listen to why Charlie is in love
with Gamay. Oh yeah we also talked about virginity.

About the Podcast

Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and beverage culture. Hear from local chefs, Sommelier's, distillers, farmers, brewers and the whole lot of them in the NC F&B podcast.